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Still, there was nothing she could do about that now. She put on her pants and checked her body over, making sure that everything was in order before standing up.
When she did, Marcus leaned his head up and shaded his eyes. “Where you going?” He asked, grabbing for her ankle.
“Gotta use the restroom,” Kate said, sidestepping his outstretched hand. “You might want to put your cock away.”
She walked up the hill, listening to the sound of Marcus cursing and the rustling of his jeans, and couldn’t help but let a huge smile spread across her face.
Eyes instantly moved to her face. Kate saw their mouths moving, the edges of their lips pulled down. Some of them were frowning at her, shaking their heads.
Kate continued on walking, making her way to the restroom she’d seen on the side of the cafe. She didn’t care about those old dried-up hags and judgmental men. Their opinions meant nothing to her.
She let their looks and stares wash off her back like water on a duck’s feathers, but it didn’t stop the feeling of eyes boring into her back.
She wanted to turn her head and stare them down, maybe give them the finger, but the last thing she needed was to be kicked off the tour and left stranded in the middle of nowhere.
There was a queue ahead of her. A couple of old, fat women with ugly straw hats balanced on their heads. When they saw her coming, they turned their backs and whispered to each other.
Kate allowed herself to roll her eyes then. Of course they were old American women from the south, and of course, they were judging her. No doubt they’d spied her running down the hill with Marcus and it had insulted their gentle Christian dispositions.
It made no difference to her. Kate didn’t care if they labeled her a slut, a whore, or a dirty woman. Those were labels she’d wear with pride. Shaming women for their natural sexuality was something that disgusted her. It was a barrier she was willing to break.
When it was her turn to enter the restroom, Kate immediately washed her hands in the sink. She was going to have to do some serious clean-up down there and she didn’t need dirty bits of grass getting stuck in her most gentle of areas.
With her hands sparkling clean, Kate moved to the right to dry her hands with some paper towels and caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. A hoarse laugh burst out of her mouth.
She was covered in grass stains. Her face, her neck, even her damn hair. Not only that, but she had blades of grass and small twigs tangled in the mop of bird’s nest hair on her head.
Kate pressed her lips together, trying to keep her laughter quiet, as she pried out the grass and twigs and tried to untangle the knots. Those women might have been judging her for having carefree sex in public, but they were probably more shocked by the way she looked.
It was so very clear what she’d been doing at the bottom of that hill. No wonder those old ladies looked so offended by her mere presence. Kate giggled to herself, feeling like a naughty schoolgirl, as she fixed herself up.
Chapter twelve
Voracious
Katewasoneofthe first people to clamber out of the bus. The more time she spent sitting next to Marcus, the more she realized that he just wasn’t for her. She didn’t want to be trapped next to him for a moment longer.
Unfortunately for her, Marcus was incredibly eager. He followed her out of the bus, pushing and shoving his way through the crowd, and grabbed her elbow. Kate spun around to face him, surprised by his forcefulness.
“Where are you running off to?” Marcus asked, laughing. “I want to spend some more time with you.”
Kate gracefully pried her elbow out of Marcus’s grasp and clutched onto the strap of her purse, trying to protect herself from his advances. Despite the fact that she’d just had sex with him—in public, no less—she just didn’t want anything more to do with him.
“I’m sorry,” Kate said, forcing a fake smile onto her lips. “I’m exhausted. I’m going back up to my room to have a nap.”
Marcus raised his eyebrow, smirking at her. “A nap?” he asked. “I’ll join you.”
Kate frowned, shocked at how pushy he was being. “No,” she insisted. “You won’t be joining me.”
“Why not?” Marcus asked. “Are you done with me now?”
Kate resisted the urge to roll her eyes. “Look,” she sighed. “I’m just here to have some fun, okay? I work hard and I deserve this vacation. So, I’m going to go upstairs and have a nap on my own. That doesn’t mean anything. It just means I want some time alone to decompress from the very strange day I’ve had.”
Marcus nodded slowly, seeming as though he was understanding what Kate was trying to say.
“Great,” she said, allowing herself to smile for real. “That’s great. Thanks for today. It was fun.”
Just as Kate turned around, heading toward the elevators, Marcus grabbed her elbow again. Kate gritted her teeth together as she turned back around toward him. She could feel the anger rising up in her chest, threatening to burst out of her mouth in a brutal barrage.
